Mortgages

Interest rates for conforming mortgages have fallen to their lowest level in over a year and a half, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Meeting people and getting to know them remains the most successful way of getting new clients.

Word-of-mouth marketing led to a total of seven large mortgage deals for the author.

Home prices rose 6.1% in October from a year earlier, representing 32 consecutive months of appreciation, according to CoreLogic.

Thomas Provenzano, a Connecticut man who in January pleaded guilty to real estate fraud, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the launch of a financial consumer education web app called AGScamHelp.

Fidelity National Financial, a title insurance company based in Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to acquire BPG Holdings, a home warranty firm in Alpharetta, Ga.

Nonbank mortgage servicers are already in the crosshairs of regulators. Now they will face even more scrutiny from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking a buyer for Lakeway Regional Medical Center after the two-year-old suburban Austin hospital defaulted on a $164 million mortgage loan that carried a federal guarantee.

VirPack released a new Web portal for consumers to submit digital copies of borrower verification documents to mortgage lenders.

Delinquency rates for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Genworth Financial Inc. fell in New York trading as JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its price target, citing a reserve shortfall at the insurer.

After years of working through the largest backlog of troubled loans this industry has ever seen, the technology in use today is proven and the executives who use it are well trained and capable.

Despite the opinions of many that low-down-payment mortgages didn't cause the housing crisis, the fact is that these types of loans did contribute mightily to the bubble that burst.

It's not often that competing financial institutions agree to share, but that's not the case for two Florida credit unions.

A discovery process during a core conversion uncovered the ability of Northwest Federal Credit Union to enhance its online mortgage servicing capability, resulting in a nearly 50% increased user rate.

The Synergy Award commends technology initiatives and alliances that encourage the integration of software and processes to promote automation, efficiency and broad mortgage industry use. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.

Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust plans to offer $505 million of debt tied to its rental properties in its first bond sale, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction.

Wells Fargo & Co. targets black and Latino borrowers for more costly home loans than their white counterparts in the Chicago area, helping to prolong a local and national foreclosure crisis, the biggest county in Illinois said.